Telesco doesn’t slam door on Hard Knocks

Summary of 8 articles · Updated May 3, 2013

"The defense as a whole did a very good job last year," Telesco said. Telesco called Mathews a “great kid” who “works extremely hard,” and said the Colts would “game plan around” Mathews when Telesco worked in Indy’s front office. On Wednesday, Telesco sa… (more)id Mathews, a former Pro Bowler, is at full strength after the injuries of a season ago. “Manti was an excellent third-down player at the college level, especially in zones, especially in his football awareness as far as knowing where routes are coming from, knowing where to pass off a route and pick up another,” Telesco said. In March, Mathews told NFL Network he had to “stop taking so many hits” in an effort to decrease the risk of injury, suggesting he had to do a better job of avoid some collisions.

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